New Source for Kielce Records October 2021 JRI-Poland

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JRI-PL Digest for Wednesday, October 20, 2021.

1. Unusual Source of Kielce Records Now Available

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Subject: Unusual Source of Kielce Records Now Available
From: Judy Golan <judyggenealogy@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 20 Oct 2021 12:59:54 +0300
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JRI-Poland is proud to announce the full extraction of the unique
attachments to the 1918-1935 deaths and 1935 births housed in the
Kielce Archives. These loose pieces of paper were assigned the akt
number corresponding to the birth and death registrations in the
Kielce metric books and contain backup information substantiating the
details in the official records. There are more than 3,600 deaths and
1,300 births documented.

Death attachments include the death certificate and a hand-written
testimony. Unlike the vast majority of pre-1916 death records in
Poland, these documents state the cause of death determined by the
acting physician as well as date, time and place (or Kielce address)
of death, age of the deceased, religion, and marital status; the
testimony also includes the parents'names, town of permanent
residence, occupation and surviving spouse.

This link shows a death certificate:
https://photos.szukajwarchiwach.gov.pl/ab83f85ea5ed1e48b65ea2e40f32...=
20780d0e0616eb765724d98d5444_max

This link is the corresponding death testimony:
https://photos.szukajwarchiwach.gov.pl/e547fbc4e8a2b99781d695d23101...=
8e40b1675d563df6b71225055e06_max

While the birth attachments are only from 1935, 87% of the births
occurred in prior years. These documents include hand-written
testimony and parental evidence. While not official birth records,
these hand-written testimonies provide date, Kielce address or town of
birth; parents' names, ages and legitimacy of their marriage; akt
number, town and often date of parents' marriage; legitimacy of the
child's birth (contingent on civil marriage of parents); the father's
profession and town of permanent residence; and witnesses. In addition
to this birth testimony, there is also the marriage certificate of
parents who were civilly married or the birth certificate or birth
affidavit of the father if the parents had not registered their
marriage civilly.

This link is a birth testimony:
https://photos.szukajwarchiwach.gov.pl/de8b0c20db59e27daf130aef79d7...=
7c9685f866917915a9e7b8c5f7a6_max

This birth attachment from 1935 testifies the birth on 2-Jan-1926 of
Chaim MACHTYNGIER who was lost in the Shoah. His Aunt submitted
testimony to Yad Vashem stating 1925 as his date of birth. These birth
attachment extracts give researchers the opportunity to correct Pages
of Testimony with primary source information.

In short, there is a wealth of genealogical data not typically seen in
the "standard" death and birth records - a new great resource for Kielce
researchers. Please contact me privately for a list of standardized
surnames.

This project was expedited by the outstanding and relentless
extraction efforts of JRI-Poland volunteers who persevered in
deciphering unusually challenging handwriting. Thanks again to Ruth
Diamond, Ari Schifman, Sally Bruckheimer, Sue Fifer and Marlene
Walker.

Judy Golan
JRI-Poland Kielce Town Leader
JRI-Poland Kielce Area Coordinator

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